Social media users were left frustrated on Sunday as Facebook and Instagram suffered outages. Users in the UAE were greeted during the evening by a message on Facebook saying "Sorry, something went wrong. We're working on getting this fixed as soon as we can." Others were told it would be back after "required maintenance", and were unable to share or post content. Instagram users meanwhile were unable to log into their accounts, although at 8.15pm UAE time the service appeared to be functioning smoothly. The Down Detector website reported issues with Facebook from 9.36am EDT, with its live outage map showing the worst of the problems in the Far East, India, Australia and parts of the United States. The UAE could also be seen as a hotspot. The Instagram outages were more prominent on the Eastern coast of the US and Northern Europe, while the UAE was less affected according to the Down Detector map. Many people took to Twitter instead to vent their frustrations and to confirm that they had been prevented from accessing Facebook and Instagram. There was no comment made by Facebook on what was causing the problems beyond the error messages when users tried to log in.